MOM & SON ESQ. P.I. - "PILOT"
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INT. AIRPLANE - MORNING
HARRY She loves you, Todd. Why do you think she spent two years fighting with the city to get your license reinstated? TODD Wait she what? HARRY Because she’s a mother. She’d do anything for you. Anything.
INT. COURTROOM - MORNING JOAN HEARS THOSE WORDS , and realizes something. She looks at Kim - then at Eleanor. They have the same hair, a similar build and face (and Eleanor’s face is tellingly stricken right now). Joan realizes - with a shock - that the blurry figure shown is NOT KIM - it is her lookalike MOTHER, ELEANOR. Everyone else in the court believes Kim has been unmasked as the killer: but only Joan knows the truth. INT. AIRPLANE - MORNING SECURITY OFFICERS enter. A FLIGHT ATTENDANT points Todd out. TODD Security Officers roughly pull Todd from his seat, drag him from the plane and up the gangway. Harry, ashen, watches him go. Out on the gangway, Todd talks directly to Joan: TODD I’m sorry, Mom. I’m so sorry... An Officer finds Todd’s phone and shuts it off. CLICK. INT. COURTROOM - MORNING Joan is still for a moment. She removes the ear bud. JUDGE Ms. Enright? Your witness. Don’t ever come back here. You better die in Iceland in 7-10 years. You’re dead to us. Me and my whole family! Joan looks up, steels herself (a personal issue will not stand in the way of her career). She looks at Kim, makes a split decision, and leans in close to her:
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